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Peoria Bishop Daniel R. Jenky in his office in 2002.

Complaint filed with IRS over homily by Peoria bishop

May 16, 2019 at 10:26 a.m.

A prominent advocate for the separation of church and state filed a formal complaint with the Internal Revenue Service Thursday, accusing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria of violating federal...

Anti-Defamation League assails comments by Peoria Bishop Daniel Jenky

December 24, 2018 at 12:26 a.m.

A homily delivered Sunday by Peoria's Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky has angered the Anti-Defamation League, a watchdog for anti-Semitism. In the homily in St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria, Jenky...

Chicago Lithuanians discuss ?difficult history?

December 24, 2018 at 12:26 a.m.

When Sigita Balzekas tries to talk to her mother about the Lithuania she left behind, emotions often cloud her memories. Reminders of the last century, including the brutal Soviet era,...

Complaint filed with IRS over homily by Peoria bishop

December 24, 2018 at 10:03 a.m.

A prominent advocate for the separation of church and state filed a formal complaint with the Internal Revenue Service Thursday, accusing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria of violating federal...

Cardinal tries to clarify bishops’ stance on health care law

August 23, 2021 at 4:36 a.m.

Days after the nation's Roman Catholic bishops announced a campaign to counter threats to religious freedom, Chicago's Cardinal Francis George tried to explain the church's concerns about recent mandates from...

Cardinal tries to clarify bishops’ stance on health care law

December 24, 2018 at 12:10 a.m.

Days after the nation's Roman Catholic bishops announced a campaign to counter threats to religious freedom, Chicago's Cardinal Francis George tried to explain the church's concerns about recent mandates from...

‘Jesus Christ is a myth’ banner hits a nerve

December 23, 2018 at 11:43 p.m.

Atheist activists don't think Jesus will save whoever stole from a Streator park a banner proclaiming that he's a myth. The banner, mounted during Holy Week by the Madison, Wis.-based...

Alice Brown, left, accompanies her friend Carol Lydecker to Lydecker's chemotherapy session at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Brown and Lydecker grew to be be close friends as they each battled cancer.

Cancer survivor finds comfort in Stations of the Cross

August 19, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

Alice Brown remembers the moment of dread when doctors diagnosed her with cancer. She imagines her terror and despair were much like what Jesus felt when he was sentenced to...

Cancer survivor finds comfort in Stations of the Cross

May 13, 2019 at 5:21 p.m.

Alice Brown remembers the moment of dread when doctors diagnosed her with cancer. She imagines her terror and despair were much like what Jesus felt when he was sentenced to...

At Passover, an annual ritual of giving

December 23, 2018 at 10:53 p.m.

Before sunrise last Sunday, members of Chicago's Jewish community descended on a Niles warehouse and assembled around a conveyor belt. As thousands of cardboard crates rolled by, an assembly line...

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